By CrossRiverWatch Admin Listen To The Report Mr. Eyo Okpo-Ene has joined the race for the office of Governor in Cross River State come 2023. His decision was made known in a statement after picking the PDP nomination and expression of interest form. The former Special Adviser to Governor Liyel Imoke on Religious Affairs and
By Ogar Monday Listen To The Report Some members of the Okwango community, in Boki Local Government Area, a host community of the Cross River State National Park, and the World Conservation Society, WCS, program have bemoaned the organization and the Government for abandoning them and letting them suffer despite an existing ban on illegal
By Monday Ogar Listen To The Report The People’s Democratic Party, (PDP) has asked the Inspector General of Police, IGP Usman Baba to investigate and sanction CSP Mark Anyogo, who is the Chief Security Officer to Governor Ben Ayade, over his alleged role in the violence that occurred during the February 26th 2022, legislative by-elections
By Sylvia Akpan Listen To The Report A yet-to-be-identified transport enforcement team of the Cross River State Government has been caught on tape manhandling a taxi driver. The incident according to a video shared by News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, Correspondent, George Odok on Facebook happened along Ndidem Usang Iso Road, directly opposite the Calabar
By Monday Ogar and Sylvia Akpan Listen To The Article The Cross River Traditional Rulers Council have thrown their weight behind the fight against ritual killings and witchcraft branding, killing, and abandonment. The traditional rulers in a statement issued recently under the aegis of the Cross River Initiative for Peace, Conflict Resolution and Empowerment, an
By Patrick Obia Listen To The Report The Cross River State Civil Service headquarters in Calabar is currently under lock and key as 1800 civil servants employed four years ago are protesting over unpaid salaries. The protesters in their numbers barricaded the entrances of the secretariat and chanted solidarity songs with leaves saying they are
By Jonathan Ugbal Listen To The Report Aides of Governor Benedict Ayade of Cross River State recently shared posts claiming the State only received N34 million as allocation from the federation account for the month of March 2022. But, data obtained from the office of the Accountant General of the Federation shows that there may
By Ogar Monday Listen To The Report A Federal High Court in Abuja has postponed judgment in a suit filed by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, asking it to remove Governor Ben Ayade from office. The court had fixed judgment on the case before Justice Taiwo in Court 7 for Friday, 25th March 2022, but